EnvironmentA Cereus hexagonus at the National Botanical Garden in Mirpur, Dhaka, has passed 25 feet and is held up with six iron bands. The garden's cactus house keeps 72 species.
Rooftop farmingA pandemic rooftop hobby became a business: on a roof rented for Tk 5,000 a month, Yasmin Khan raises succulents and cacti from cuttings and sells about Tk 2 lakh worth online each month.
FlowersAltaf Hossain built a cactus and succulent collection alongside his job; his garden now holds Tk 200,000-300,000 worth of plants, and he has added orchids.
Jannatul Ferdous Juthi, a homemaker in Ishwardi municipality in Pabna, has turned a hobby rooftop garden into a business selling cactus and succulent plants online and offline, earning Tk 15,000 to 20,000 a month.
FlowersA 'noto cactus' brought from Thailand flowered yellow at the government horticulture centre in Madaripur in April 2026; the centre's deputy director said it was probably the first such bloom in Bangladesh.
